NAME¶
BSE - Better Sound Engine File Format
SYNOPSIS¶
filename.bse
DESCRIPTION¶
The
bse file format is used by the
BSE library and dependent
programs to save
BSE projects, songs, instruments and sample
collections. The
BSE scheme shell
bsescm(1) is able to play back
bse files directly.
BSE files start out with a special magic string "; BseProject0 and
then contain nested expressions in scheme syntax using the ASCII charset.
Binary data may be appended to a
.bse file if it is seperated from the
preceeding ASCII test by one or more literal NUL characters (' '). This
mechanism is used to store arbitrary binary data like
.WAV or
Ogg/Vorbis files in
BSE projects, while keeping the actuall content
user editable (text editors that preserve binary sections have to be used,
such as
vi(1) or
emacs(1)).
COMPATIBILITY¶
The exact format and sets of objects and properties used in a
bse file
depend highly on the library version that was used to save the file.
Compatibility functions are supplied by the library itself, so old
bse
files can be converted when the file is loaded. To enable this mechanism, all
bse files contain a
"bse-version" directive which
indicates the
bse file format version of the supplied content.
SEE ALSO¶
beast(1),
bsescm(1), BSE Object Reference
(
http://beast.testbit.eu/bse-objects)